Spot. On. That is all.

Overnight, the British parliament has been working exactly as it should. The House of Lords has been debating and stalling the government’s God-awful anti-terror bill, and is – entirely rightly – refusing to allow this horrible piece of legislation to … Continue reading →

A couple of posts on the two semi-official pro-EU blogs have once again attracted demands from Eurosceptics for explanations and clarifications. First, over at Commissioner Wallstr�m‘s place, someone asks: “Here in the UK, our Labour politicians say that the European … Continue reading →

Via Nick Barlow, some fun new Google-bombing opportunities present themselves to piss off those stuck-up heirs of irritating bint Mary Whitehouse who seem constantly to be plaguing our lives with their pathetic attempts to impose their own repressive moralities on … Continue reading →

A very odd development – if only for the fact that something everyone has known to be the case for the last 30+ years is finally out in the open, as the IRA has offered to shoot those of its … Continue reading →

A friendly reader points out this story about moves to tighten regulation of Brussels lobbying, as moves continue apace to make EU agricultural funding more transparent. Both initiatives should be welcomed by all sides – after all, both pro- and … Continue reading →

I’d been trying to find a link about this story on and off all day. Basically yet another of these “former advisors” of Tony Blair who seem to pop up every now and again has emerged from the woodwork, and … Continue reading →

Especially if you’re a blogger, by the sounds of things. Would you like to help shape The Times’s election coverage? Do you want to write for Times Online during the campaign? If you are a reader of The Times or … Continue reading →

After yesterday’s update on Ukraine, where protests at alleged vote-rigging back in November (eventually) managed to attract the entire world’s attention, it struck me as particularly odd that I’ve heard nothing about the very similar-sounding protests going on over alleged … Continue reading →

Having asked, via the interweb during the Labour party conference, a question of Tony Blair (that being “Why don’t you fuck off and apologise for Iraq, you twat?”), I seem to be getting propaganda direct to my inbox. All fine … Continue reading →

Via Nick Barlow, an interesting post guaranteed to raise some heckles, but with many pertinent points to make about certain American attitudes towards Europe, Islam, and the future of the EU: “many of these American ‘conservatives’ are actively wishing for … Continue reading →

Busy, so a quicky. Blogging EU Commissioner Margot Wallstr�m has launched what is described as (in typically overly-convoluted EU style) “an information note identifying the components of a structured communication and information strategy on the Constitution to support the ongoing … Continue reading →

Asylum. A load of fuss about nothing. “The number of asylum seekers arriving in Europe has fallen to levels last seen in the late 1980s” – in the UK, asylum applications have fallen by 61% in the last two years … Continue reading →